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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Group of prospectors on the Colorado River in Glen Canyon up from Lee's Ferry, Grand Canyon, ca.1900
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Group of prospectors on the Colorado River in Glen Canyon up from Lee's Ferry, Grand Canyon, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of a group of five prospectors on the Colorado River in Glen Canyon up from Lee's Ferry, Grand Canyon, ca.1900. The grizzly-looking men are standing on the river bank looking into a pan held by one of them. Vegetation grows on the opposite bank giving way to the vertical rocky canyon wall behind and above.
Asset Metadata
Title
Group of prospectors on the Colorado River in Glen Canyon up from Lee's Ferry, Grand Canyon, ca.1900
Subject
canyons
(lcsh),
canyons
(adlf),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mining -- Colorado River mines -- Southern California
(file heading),
Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Campers, hikers, prospectors
(file heading),
Parks
(lcsh),
rivers
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arizona
(states),
canyons: Glen Canyon
(geographic subject),
rivers: Colorado River
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries),
Utah
(states)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1900
Creator
James, George Wharton
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13953
Identifier
3890 (
accession number
), CHS-3890 (
call number
), CHS-3890 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13422 (
legacy record id
), chs-m13953 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14110 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14270 (
legacy record id
), 1-111-36 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13422
Unique identifier
UC137582
Legacy Identifier
CHS-3890.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.9 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
32.7 cm × 43.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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